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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left welcomes NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte prior their meeting in Athens, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

New NATO chief Rutte says alliance ‘needs to go further’ in support for Ukraine

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Jose Ibarra pays attention to a witness during his trial at the Athens-Clarke County Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

Prosecution is expected to rest in trial over death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

Jose Ibarra listens through an interpreter during a hearing of the killing of a Georgia nursing student at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Trial underway for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, right, welcomes his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan before their meeting in Athens, Greece, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece and Turkey press ahead with talks in effort to smooth often volatile relations

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Hundreds of seasonal firefighters attend a protest outside Greece's Civil Protection Ministry to demand year-round contracts, in Athens, Thursday Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

As summers get hotter, Greece’s seasonal firefighters protest for permanent jobs

By Thanassis Stavrakis and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

A wildfire approaches the village of Kallithea as fanned by strong winds raged uncontrolled despite the attempts of hundreds of firefighters to stop it, some 149 kilometers (93 miles) west of Athens, Greece, in the region of Corinthia, late Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo)

Wildfire in southern Greece leaves 2 people dead

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The ruins of the sunken village are seen from above as Kallio village stands on the shores of the artificial Mornos Lake, the biggest of the four reservoirs supplying drinking water to Greece's capital which is at its lowest level in 16 years, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest from Athens, central Greece, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Ruins of a long-sunken Greek village emerge as drought saps a vital reservoir

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Workers collect dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

Over 100 tons of dead fish collect at Greek port after climate-related mass die-off

By Vaggelis Kousioras and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

People watch the official ceremony of the flame lighting for the Paris Olympics, at the Ancient Olympia site, Greece, on April 16, 2024. Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighbouring region of southern Greece, rather than at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Officials in Ancient Olympia upset at venue to choose new IOC president

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A general view of Athens with the Acropolis hill is seen as fire burns the northern part of the city on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, Hundreds of firefighters are tackling a major wildfire raging out of control on the fringes of the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Crews battle scattered fires in Athens suburbs, helped by calmer winds and reinforcements

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

A house burns in Varnava village during a wildfire, north of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, with many regions of the country on high alert due to high temperatures and wind speeds. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Major wildfire rages out of control on fringes of Greek capital; hundreds of firefighters deployed

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Smoke from wildfires is seen above the Greek parliament building in central Athens, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, after a blaze northeast of the capital forced evacuations in the area. (AP Photo/Derek Gatopoulos)

A wildfire near Greece’s capital darkens the skies over Athens and advances fast

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FILE - Defense attorneys Kaitlyn Beck and John Donnelly present the not guilty plea for Jose Ibarra to sign during Ibarra's court appearance on Friday, May 31, 2024, in Athens, Ga. A man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus pleaded not guilty Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, to murder and other charges in her death. A grand jury in early May returned an indictment charging Jose Ibarra, 26, with murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping and other crimes in the February killing of Laken Hope Riley. (Nell Carroll/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File, Pool)

Attorneys for man charged with killing Georgia nursing student ask judge to move trial

By Sudhin Thanawala - Associated Press

Firefighters try to extinguish the fire as a firefighting helicopter drops water in Koropi suburb, eastern part of Athens, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Scores of Greek firefighters and water-bombing aircraft were trying to contain a large wildfire on the fringes of Athens that forced authorities to issue evacuation orders Wednesday for two nearby settlements. (AP Photos/Petros Giannakouris)

A wildfire on the fringes of the Greek capital triggers evacuation alerts

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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes the Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative on Monday, May 13, 2024 when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Wary of wars in Gaza and Ukraine, old foes Turkey and Greece test a friendship initiative

By Suzan Fraser and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press